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Treasurer Scott Morrison says Malcolm Turnbull's comments about Barnaby Joyce's affair were appropriate, and puts ministers on notice that if they have sexual relationships with their staff, it will no longer be kept quiet....

A group of volunteers are transforming paint cans into phone chargers, old TVs into 3D printers, and laptop batteries into electric bikes helping the environment and their own self-esteem in the process....

Dogs may be our best friends, even our surrogate children, but under law they have no more rights than a table and chairs. It's time we rethought the legal status of animals, writes Nick Pendergrast....

Hemi Goodwin-Burke's parents say they could not believe it when their son's killer had his murder charge downgraded to manslaughter. They're urging Queensland's Sentence Advisory Council to get tougher on child killers....

Paul Wallis says the life of his daughter June is worth more than the 10-year sentence handed to her husband Nathan Greenfield after he strangled her but had a murder charge downgraded due to the state of his mental health....

On the first anniversary of the devastating Carwoola fires, Joy Horton recalls how late-onset trauma forced her to abandon plans to rebuild her 40-acre property, and how losing everything changed her outlook on life....

"I'm in a position where I can help people," says Peter Watson, who is part of an emerging class of landlords with a social conscience, offering their properties for lower rent to tenants who just need a hand....